College Textbook Publishing: Three Microeconomic Applications

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Article

Department or Administrative Unit

Economics

Publication Date

6-29-2016

Abstract

Based on the author’s many years of experience in college textbook publishing, this article discusses three topics relevant to the textbook-publishing business: (a) the motivations of the author and publisher regarding revenue maximization versus profit maximization, (b) the reimportation of textbooks as an impediment to the international price-discrimination practices of publishers, and (c) the effects of mergers among publishers. Each of these topics is an application of undergraduate microeconomic theories and principles.

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This article was originally published in The American Economist. The full-text article from the publisher can be found here.

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The American Economist

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Copyright © 2016, © SAGE Publications

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